九个交织故事检查了联系我们所有人的一种情感的复杂性：爱。Among the characters explored are David (Hugh Grant), the handsome newly elected British prime minister who falls for a young junior staffer (Martine McCutcheon), Sarah (Laura Linney), a graphic designer whose devotion to her mentally ill brother complicates her love life和哈利（艾伦里克曼），一个被他有吸引力的新秘书诱惑的已婚男子。由格拉芬特提供。